Everton will be desperate to make their mark in the Premier League this weekend as they welcome newly-promoted Nottingham Forest.
The Toffees are one of only three clubs alongside Manchester United and West Ham who are yet to collect a point this season.
Everton lost to Chelsea and Aston Villa, but the arrivals of Conor Coady and Amadou Onana gave rise to optimism.
But Frank Lampard will have to reverse his poor record against Forest, having failed to see his side score in either of their previous two appearances against the club when he was in charge of Derby.
Forest will also be full of confidence going into this one after beating West Ham last time out to move up to tenth in the table.
Everton v Nottingham Forest: Date and how to follow
This Premier League clash will take place on Saturday, August 20.
Kick-off at Goodison Park is scheduled for 3 p.m.
Unfortunately, this match will not be shown on UK screens due to the 3pm blackout in English football.
However, highlights will be available on the Sky Sports website and app shortly after the match ends and then later during the match of the day.
talkSPORT will receive updates from Goodison Park as part of GameDay Live from 3pm.
Adrian Durham will guide you through all the goals from the Premier League, EFL and beyond, including Everton v Forest.
talkSPORT.com will also be on hand for all the best post-match reactions.
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Everton v Nottingham Forest: Team news
The hosts are still without Dominic Calvert-Lewin, so it remains to be seen if Salomon Rondon will have a rare chance to impress.
Dele Alli is unlikely to be involved as he seals a move to Besiktas, while Abdoulaye Doucoure is struggling with a thigh injury.
As for Forest, manager Steve Cooper has much of the same group to choose from who secured a 1-0 win over West Ham.
Ryan Yates is closing in on a return from a knee injury but Morgan Gibbs-White faces a race against time to be registered after leaving Wolves.
Everton v Nottingham Forest: Match facts
- Taiwo Awoniyi scored the winner for Nottingham Forest against West Ham in his first-ever Premier League start. The only player to score in his first two Premier League starts for the club was Stan Collymore, in August 1994.
- After scoring three goals in his first four Premier League games for Everton, Demarai Gray has scored just twice more in his last 32 appearances for the club. He’s only shot three times in two games this season (1.5 per game), after averaging 1.9 last season (65 shots in 34 games).
- Everton boss Frank Lampard failed to win either of his two league games against Nottingham Forest as Derby manager in the 2018-19 Championship (D1 L1), failed to score in the two games. Forest are one of only two teams he has faced in league football and have not seen their sides score, along with Blackburn Rovers (two games, no goals).
- Nottingham Forest have faced the most shots (42) and have the most expected goals (4.03) in the Premier League so far this season. Forest are also averaging the fewest assists per game so far this season (291).
- In a run dating back to May 1997, Nottingham Forest have lost 15 of their last 21 away games in the Premier League (W4 D2). However, one of those wins came at Everton in January 1999.
- Everton have lost their two Premier League games so far this season, but have not lost each of their first three games in a league campaign since 1990-91.
- Everton have lost seven of their last 10 Premier League home games against newly promoted clubs (W2 D1), losing the last two to Watford and Brentford last season. Before this race, they had won 10 consecutive victories at Goodison Park between April 2016 and November 2018.
- Everton have kept six clean sheets in their 10 Premier League games against Nottingham Forest, their highest percentage (60%) against any opponent they have faced more than 10 times in the competition. However, the Toffees have lost each of the four games in which they have conceded against Forest.
- Nottingham Forest have won just eight of their 56 top-flight away matches against Everton (14%), although two of those came in the Premier League era in 1994 and 1999.
- This is the first meeting between Everton and Nottingham Forest since January 1999 in the Premier League, with Forest claiming their first victory under Ron Atkinson in a 1-0 win at Goodison Park.
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